I HAIL! Astarte of far Phoenice, Hail! O Dagon, the Shammothite, Hail! O Rulers of Golden Greece, Splendid gods of the sun and the light -- Ye who were strong and brave and bright, Who has taken your strength away? "We may not say who has shorn our might -- Other idols men love to-day." II Keels that sundered the Danish seas Are gone with the galleys of Sidon's might, And the wealth of the Golden Chersonese Is lost in the fathomless mid-sea night. The gates of Carthage are gray with blight, And lepers inhabit their decay. Baal and Moloch have taken flight -- Other idols men love to-day. III For higher merchantmen master the seas, And the lands are linked together with light, And the newer gods make the new decrees, As they rein the world with a newer might. And still men drain their days of delight, Forgetful when other men shall say, After their greatness is naught and night: "Other idols men love to-day." ENVOI Prince, we hold it is meet and right That ever from age to age they say, As they front the dawn or salute the night: "Other idols men love to-day." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNETS FOR PICTURES: A VENETIAN PASTORAL (BY GIOGIONE) by DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 15. AL-GHAFFAR by EDWIN ARNOLD BOTHWELL: PART 6 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN TO RODIN'S STATUE OF AN OLD COURTESAN by GERTRUDE CALLAGHAN SPRING PLOWING by BEULAH JACKSON CHARMLEY |